1. Observation of surface Dirac state in transition metal dichalcogenide NiTe2 using ARPES
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Setti Thirupathaiah, Luminita Harnagea, Indrani Kar, Soma Banik, and SurjeetSingh
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Metal ,Surface (mathematics) ,Physics ,Condensed matter physics ,Transition metal ,visual_art ,Binding energy ,Dirac (software) ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy ,Electronic structure ,Single crystal - Abstract
Using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) we studied the low energy electronic structure of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC), NiTe2, single crystal. Our ARPES data clearly show a surface Dirac point observed at a binding energy of 1.45 eV which is consistent with an earlier prediction. Thus, our results for the first time experimentally prove that NiTe2is a topological TMDC. Our ARPES data further suggest a metallic nature of NiTe2. We found that overall the electronic structure of NiTe2has similarities with the other topological TMDCs like PdTe2, PtTe2 and PtSe2.
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- 2020
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